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Memorial march to battlefield
THE largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil was commemorated yesterday when members of the Sealed Knot, the English Civil War re-enactment group, marched to the site in North Yorkshire.
More than 7,000 people were killed in two hours at the Battle of Marston Moor, which was fought on the evening of July 2, 1644.
The Sealed Knot, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, hold the annual march from the village of Tockwith, near York, to the memorial to those who died in the battle.
The march, in which more than 150 people took part, is in tribute to the soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Marston Moor and Sealed Knot members who have died in the last six months.
The Memorial March was instituted by Arthur Starkie, who taught drama in Wakefield for 24 years and later became a professional actor portraying the lives of Charles 1 and Richard III.
Mr Starkie died of motor neurone disease and his ashes were scattered by cannon at the memorial to the battle of Marston Moor, where a short service was held at the end of yesterday's march led by the Rev Norma Hill, of Thornhill, Dewsbury.
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